Mr Motivator Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 (edited) I've got a monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers all sat in my garage. I just need a decent PC bit. I just need to work out prices etc. I know about ebuyer so dont just give me a link to ebuyer.com as I dont know where to start. I want the cheapest set up possible (well, things like cheapest pc case etc) and for example when I was looking for a firewire card once I found a £30 belkin and a £8 other one so you know what I mean. So what do I need? Im maily going to be using it for web browsing, college work eg word processing and auto cad etc, photoshop, little bit of video editing, umm well stuff like that really but not games cause they gay. At the moment im using a laptop with an AMD athlon proccessor which I hear it pretty good (dunno) but its only got 9gig of memory and its all just a little slow and Im after something more powerfull etc. Oh yeah, il also need XP on it, so I guess il have to buy that and programs like word, excel, powerpoint but I do have an old '98 office cd, meh. So yeah, if any of you PC geniouses could help me out id love it. edit: I basically want the cheapest/powerfull pc i can get. Reckon it could be built within the £200-250 mark? Sam Edited July 3, 2005 by Sam@SouthTrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Have a word with Tomm, Danny or someone. They'll be able to tell you what you need. (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 What about a Mac mini? They are fairly cheap and simple and probably OK for what you want to do with it. That's mainly because I can't be arsed doing a full spec for you though (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted July 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 What about a Mac mini? They are fairly cheap and simple and probably OK for what you want to do with it. That's mainly because I can't be arsed doing a full spec for you though (Y) ← No sorry, thanks though. Just cant deal with macs (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted July 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 OK, how about this? http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=83745 Means I can finally get broadband too (silly laptops) Does it sound good enough? 256mb ram, what does that mean lol? Is that a good thing? Sam (Dunce) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Why couldnt you get broadband when you have a laptop? (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 E Bay bazzaam Take a gander at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted July 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Why couldnt you get broadband when you have a laptop? (Y) ← Id have to have a silly little modem flopping about. At least with a desktop I can put it on the table next to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted July 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 E Bay bazzaam Take a gander at that. ← That would be nice, but my limit is like £250 Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Do some saving. (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Elding Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 If you like a nice fast computer, That you won't play games on you should look for something with about 512mb+ of ram and only about 60-80gb or memory because if your not going to be playing games you won't need amzing memory :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted July 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 If you like a nice fast computer, That you won't play games on you should look for something with about 512mb+ of ram and only about 60-80gb or memory because if your not going to be playing games you won't need amzing memory :blink: ← Yeah, well Il be saving alot of vids, about 5000 pics and quite a few programs. hmm. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishwog Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Just get at least 512mb of memory, and a relatively large sized hard drive then. Don't go any below 512mb, frustration would get the better of you on occassion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted July 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Just checking out Dell; http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products...imen&l=en&s=dhs What about the 2nd one? My dad has a 2grand Dell and thats immense but meh. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Just checking out Dell; http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products...imen&l=en&s=dhs What about the 2nd one? My dad has a 2grand Dell and thats immense but meh. Sam ← Let me put it this way, thats still almost double the speed of mine. With the way i use mine, anyone would think its a top of the line duel xeon. For instance, at this moment i have Winamp, mIRC (x2), SmartFTP, Word, Windows Explorer (x2), MSN Messenger and 10 chat windows, Firefox (x2). Then in the background i have spysweeper, firewall, and antivirus. I'm using 50% of my CPU, and then around 80% RAM. To cut a long story short, its not always a slow CPU that slows a PC down. :blink: That second one will do you just fine. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 :blink: That's not really alot running, I've had WoW (in a que for the PvP place) and CS Source running and Win Amp. Now that's alot, then it crashed :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 :blink: That's not really alot running, I've had WoW (in a que for the PvP place) and CS Source running and Win Amp. Now that's alot, then it crashed :) ← I know its not a lot, but its a lot for my spec, that was the point i was trying to get at, and that its not always CPU power that is needed. Willy. :P Thing is, i then open Dreamweaver, Photoshop, then try and edit a video in Premier. Thats when you relise your PC isn't a duel xeon. :P By the way, have you tried fridayad? Sometimes there is some good deals going there. Or even, a computer fair. :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron_trials _247 Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 if you need some software drop me a pm :blink:" as mentioned near top post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikenipple Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Id have to have a silly little modem flopping about. At least with a desktop I can put it on the table next to it. ← Why don't you get the broadband connection, buy a £25 wireless router and then if you don't already have it on your laptop, buy a £15 PCMCIA wireless card and fit that, giving you the ability to use the internet anywhere in your house.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted July 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Why don't you get the broadband connection, buy a £25 wireless router and then if you don't already have it on your laptop, buy a £15 PCMCIA wireless card and fit that, giving you the ability to use the internet anywhere in your house.... ← Yeah but I still need a new computer lols Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRs Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 I know its not a lot, but its a lot for my spec, that was the point i was trying to get at, and that its not always CPU power that is needed. Willy. :) Thing is, i then open Dreamweaver, Photoshop, then try and edit a video in Premier. Thats when you relise your PC isn't a duel xeon. :blink: By the way, have you tried fridayad? Sometimes there is some good deals going there. Or even, a computer fair. :P ← I have run .... Adobe audition, ModPlug tracker, Photoshop, MSN, SoundForge, AfterEffects and all at the same time while installing premier. On Windows XP pro ...The competer ... A Pentium 2 200mhz mmx. 64mb ram, 12gb HDD, 256k cache! the motherboards max CPU is a 166mhz pentium , socket 7, but ive overclocked it to run the 200mmx ...the 200mmx is actually a 220mhz, but the motherboard wont recognise over 200. -now thats a lot runing on a pile of shite. and it worked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Yeah, but I bet it was pretty slow :blink: I tend to be fairly minimalist and only ever have 2-3 things open at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted July 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Well I usualy have open Firefox, MSN and one other program such as Paintshop or photoshop. Anyway enough bitching of what are computers can do.. matt_pashley has email someone regarding building a pc for me, but id still like to keep my options open.. Id like a list of everything I need from switches to harddrives. I'm aiming to buy all from ebuyer btw. So I'll start; Case - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=86647 - £21.14 That comes with; * Dimensions:450mm(L)192mm(W)445mm(H) * USB/Audio(front located) * Drive Bays:3 x 5.25"(exposed)1 x 3.5"(exposed)6 x 3.5"(hidden) * 350w power supply(no power cord)installed * Thumbscrews for easy access Ok, next? Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 sam i've got xp and office you can use ( both legit versions ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Id have to have a silly little modem flopping about. At least with a desktop I can put it on the table next to it. ← That has to be the most stupid thing ive ever heard, put it on the floor, with the laptop power supply? ADSL modems are tiny :turned: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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